Seamless combination ferrule and bolster for knives.



No. 784,742. PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905. G. s. HASTINGS.

SEAMLBSS COMBINATION FERRULE AND BOLSTER POR. KNIVES.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 1, 1904v UNITED STATES i Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

GLOVER S. HASTINGS, OF PLAINVILLE, CONNECTIQUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 784,742, dated March 14, 1905.

Application iiled July 1,1904. Serial No. 214.856.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GLovuE S. HAs'rINGs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainr Ville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Seamless Combination Ferrules and Bolsters for Knives, of which the following' is a specification.

This invention has reference to knives, forks, and similar devices and also to the manufac ture thereof, any object being to simplify the method of assembling the blade or tang to the handle and also toproduce a combination ferrule and bolster suitably adapted for such purpose.

In the manufacture of knives, forks, or the like it is desirable that the blade or tang shall be joined to the handle with a suitable cementitious material-such, for instance, as solderand this material usually occupies a space between the handle, blade, and a suitably-disposed bolster. Heretofore this solder or other suitable material has been injected into the space between the bolster and the handle in various inconvenient and cumbersome manners, and where a ferrule has been provided with a solder seam it has been found that pouring hot solder against the ferrule causes the soldered seam to separate. In order to obviate such a contingency. I comprehend that it is desirable to build up by stamping, drawing, or otherwise a seamless combination ferrule and bolster, so that when the hot solder is poured into place no ill effects can come to such ferrule and bolster.

1 have provided at least two methods of introducing the solder into the space formed by the handle and the ferrule, one being to provide a ferrule and bolster with an opening suitably located in the bolster end in which to inject the solder or other suitable material in cases where the handle will be either of glass or iron, and in case a wooden handle is used I provide such handle with an opening preferably located at the rear of the ferrule and whose mouth is directed into the space formed by the handle and the ferrule instead of having such opening in said bolster.

An embodiment of the present invention is l, showing a wooden handle with an opening therein provided for the introduction of iiuent solder. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail of the same. Fig. 5 illustrates perspectively a ferrule and bolster made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 6 is a similar perspective view showing the opening in said vbolster through which to pour the solder.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the ligures.

A blade 2, having a shank 3, may in the present instance be butted against an extremity 4 of a handle 5,which in Figs. l and 2, re spectively, is represented as made of rubber, Celluloid.l or other suitable material, and such handle in the present instance may be provided with Vretainers 6, which project outwardly at that end of the handle 5 upon which the ferrule is placed.

For the purpose of uniting the blade and handle, respectively, there is provided a bolster 7, which in the present instance may be provided with ribs 8, which extend out beyond the line of the bolster and the handle, so that if the knives or forks are dropped onto a hard surface such ribs may intervene to prevent violent contact of the handle with the surface, whereby the integrity of the handle may be maintained.l This combination ferrule and bolster in the present instance may be provided at any suitable point, but preferably at the bolster end thereof, with anopening 9, (clearly shown in Fig. 6,) through which to inject a mass of cementitious material or solder, which is intended to occupy a space 11, formed by the handle and the bolster, respectively, and which in the present instance will flow about the various retainers 6, formed on the handle, so as to more securely maintain the assembled elements intact.

In Figs. 3 and 4, respectively, the blade 2 is provided with a handle l2, preferably made frornwood, bone, ivory, or the like, and one end of such handle is provided with a neck 13 and a head 14, as clearly shown in said Figs. 3 and 4. This handle is also provided with a channel or conduit 15, running from the outside of the handle, preferably diagonally, toward the neck portion 13 and also fore I have provided a combination terrulel and bolster struck up or formed in one piece and which constitutes in the present instance a body 16, having reduced portions 17 and 18, respectively, leading to an opening 19,th rough which a shank 3 of the blade 2 is adapted to pass. As hereinbefore mentioned, this bolster may be provided with suitable projections or protuberances 8, preferably of a ilexible nature, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and which also assist in more permanently interlocking the various parts, as is obvious.

It will now be observed that I provide etlicient and simple means for uniting the blades ot' knives to the handles by introducing` the solderzeither through a port in the uniting'- bolster or in the handle back otthe ferrule,

thereof. 4

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination with a handle, a blade having a short tang resting against one end o't' said handle, and a combined ferrule and 5` bolster, the forward end of Which Overhangs and engages with the tang, and which is provided with an opening leading to a space between the handle and bolster through which to inject molten metal. 5 2. The combination With a handle, a blade having a short tang resting against the handle end, and a combined 'ferrule and bolster being struck up in one piece and provided with protuberances and having an opening at its fore part through which to inject metal adapted to flow around and confine said tang to the handle, and retainers on said handle adapted to be embedded in said metal.

GLOVER S. HASTINGS. 1V itnesses:

M. ABBOTT, HNRY A. HURL1N,. 

